Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring KVM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 663 | 631 | 796 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -32 | +165 | +133 |
| Permanent jobs citing KVM | 40 | 9 | 80 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.046% | 0.022% | 0.085% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.85% | 0.17% | 0.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 6 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £44,375 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £44,250 | £47,500 | £24,240 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £52,500 | £25,420 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.05% | +106.53% | -57.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £62,382 | £50,063 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £79,505 | £63,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £50,000 | £24,811 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | +101.52% | -58.65% |
All System Software Skills
UK
KVM falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 4,693 | 5,435 | 12,133 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.35% | 12.99% | 12.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,300 | 3,940 | 9,807 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £28,500 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,750 | £37,170 | £32,600 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +10.00% | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £78,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,125 | £98,750 | £86,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £47,683 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.63% | +5.96% | -5.26% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing KVM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing KVM.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing KVM over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.
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Top 10 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KVM within the UK over the 6 months to 21 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | -51 | 28 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 6 |
| England | -47 | 24 | £62,500 | +6.65% | 8 |
| South East | -30 | 14 | £62,500 | +47.06% | 2 |
| London | -3 | 8 | £29,000 | -67.78% | 2 |
| Scotland | -15 | 7 | £46,000 | -8.00% | |
| Channel Islands | - | 5 | £75,000 | - | |
| Work from Home | -1 | 3 | £54,250 | -1.36% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -59 | 1 | - | - | |
| North of England | -65 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| South West | - | 1 | £62,500 | - | 3 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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